this is home

To no surprise of his, Silas asked if he could go see all of the places depicted in the castle's paintings. The boy was showing off his adventurous spirit, the same spirit his father had also shown at the boy's age. That simple question brought Artorias back in time, to years ago of living at the Sunset Falls, just a small pup aching to go see the world that he watched from the top of the waterfall. How simple life had seemed back then, taken for granted... He hoped his child never lost that wanderlust or curiosity. With a smile on his muzzle, Artorias chuckled and raised a giant paw to gently pat Silas' back while he gazed up at the scenic painting with his pup. "Of course you can. You can see all the world if you wish when you get bigger. When I was your age, I also wanted to see as much of the world as I could." Art glanced down to Silas with a wistful half-smile. "Just promise your dad that you'll always come back home, okay? I want you to see all you can and have all the adventures of a lifetime, just never forget where you come from and where you're the most loved."

Artorias noted the way Silas' eyes focused on the subjects of the artwork, the lad's turquoise eyes that matched his mother's studying the strange bipedal creatures and the mythical beast they were hunting. He cocked his head to the side in pensive thought, a sagacious smile slowly making itself seen on the sire's lips. "What interests you most about this picture, Silas?" he asked the boy, wondering if perhaps his son had a penchant for hunting as well as exploring. Would his aurora-banded son aspire to be a great beast hunter like his uncle, and like the bizarre beings in the painting?

"Artorias" | "Carpathian"